The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-26
BASEBALL.

A suIky Pitcher Helps Philadelphia Win a
Game from Indianapolis.
Twenty five hundred people left Athletic Park
At the close Of the game yesterday afternoon
thoroughly disguised with what they had seem
The general play OF the club was good, the err
rors being reasonably few, and nothing worse
than the very best of players are apt to make at
shy time. Errorless exhibitions are not expected
from anybody's club, and the Indianapolis pub
lie is not disposed to be unreasonably critical,
but the streak of insanity that developed itself
in the head of some one responsible for it, the
result of which was to put Mr.. Kirby in to
stitch was certainly of the widest sort That
player has fully demonstrated the fact that he
will not pitch ball in Indianapolis IL is not that
he cannot, but because he simply will not do
effective work, and after the exhibitions that the
young man has given recently that fact ought to
DO apparent to anyone. No man spend his
nights in carousing and his daya in indolent OBJ
Stinacy and do good work in q pitchers
box, aud whom to this sort of
conduct 10 added the determine
ton born of the ''sulks," TO not
exert ones self, you have o combination that
precludes the possibility of good work from .ny
man IN any position; and that is Mr.. Kirbys
fix exactly. It had been given out that Morri-
was TO pitch. and while it is granted that he
is not vetaran nor yet the equal Of a Clarkson,
Ferguson or Boyle, it is none the less true
that he is an honest worker and does his best to
win. even il that best is not as good as
IL might be. A crowd like that of
yesterday that has given up good
money to sec honest ballplaying has a right to
feel Disguised at the kind of stupidity that
put Kirby in the box for yesterdays game
With any kind of pitching the game would have
resulted very differently. Cahill was called to
Kirby's relief before the game was much more
than half finished, and although he was hit
hard and could not control the ball, that was to
be expected. and the people were
better satisfied with his honest effort
than they were with Kirby's poor work
1t nothing for tine feet footed Philadelphi
ans to steel bases on pitcher who, after getting
ready to pitch, held on to the ball until they
were half way to them, and Kirby, and not his
catcher Hackett, is to blame for that feature of
the game. 1t is to be hoped that the manage
ment has finally prohted by his exhibitions, and
will sell or give him away to anybody who wants
to wrestle with a mule.
The visitors started the run-getting with
three tallies in the first inning on a three-base
mt by Wood. singles by Andrews and Foearty,
stolen bases and Buffinton's put-out In the
third Andrews hit by a pitched ball, stole
second and scored on Shombergs overthrow to
Denny. In rhe fourth Cummings gle, a stolen
base, Andrews's single and Denny's err
of judgment in holding the ball
Foo long let in another, Mulvey's home-run
other in the fifth. Farrars two Dagger, two bases
on balls. and wild pitch still another in the
peventh. and in the eighth homo run by Nc
IauGhlin, three bases on balls and two singles
yielded four more.
The home club scored one in the second
Secry's hit, n steal to second, and Cummings
wild throw: two in the third single by
Hackert n scratch three-bagger by Kirby. and
Shomhergs single. Runs scored also in
the fifth on Cahills double, Kirby's single and
.irf nnTn dnnhl hv air mol
ty Bassett. and Andrewss muf of Cahilrs low
Av. Following is the score: